Telegraph stamp

[2] In most countries, the cost of sending a telegram was paid using normal postage stamps.

The Royal Philatelic Collection of Queen Elizabeth II has many telegraph stamps as George V was an enthusiastic collector.

[5] The stamps were found to be forged due to the absence of a watermark and because they had impossible corner lettering.

[6] The culprit was never identified, but examples of the forgery are now sold for many times the price of the genuine stamps.

The telegraph was superseded by the fax, email, and mobile telephone text messages.